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HOLY SPIRIT ASSN v. NY TIMES

49 N.Y.2d 63 (1979)

Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, Also Known as The Unification Church, Appellant, v. New York Times Company, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Fitzpatrick for appellant.

Loretta A. Preska and Floyd Abrams for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

JASEN, J.

In this libel action, plaintiff Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (the Unification Church) seeks to recover 45 million dollars in damages from defendant New York Times Company due to the publication by defendant of three articles referring to intelligence documents released by the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Organizations concerning...

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